I left my mother's womb in 1969
I went through life and let my optimism shine
And opportunity was never hard to find
You've got to hold on, hold on to your honor

Remember doing things I thought were pretty cool
Like gettin' high and drinking whiskey after school
So sentimental they could play me for a fool
You've got to hold on, hold on to your honor

You say love is what you need
I would do anything just to bring you up to speed, that all my hopes
and all my dreams, they come together exactly as they seem

*Pre-Chorus*
First rule says you've got to believe in who you are
Second asks you to believe anything is possible
Third, get up and do it, boy you'll be a star
My roots are constellations, guiding me home 'cause I'm living for
the love of rock and roll

*Chorus*
I celebrate the times when I was young and life was easy
Seven days a week and it was always fun
And everything we did was reason for a celebration
What I would give to be forever young
Forever and ever and ever 'til I'm cool with growing

I'm a moonshine daydreamer, sweet sugar cane
If I had to do it again I wouldn't change a thing
I've made mistakes that have changed my mind
Everything to gain, nothing left to leave behind

Life's too short for anger, too short to live in fear
Life's Too short for the mad-a-men screaming that the end is near
Too short to be silent, too short to be alone
My roots are constellations, guiding me home 'cause I'm living for
the love of rock and roll

Repeat chorus

Time it passes by, you let it go Love it come on in, and out my door
When nothing else remains, but what's inside, you've got to hold on,
hold on

Repeat first pre-chorus/chorus